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One man's backward glance at unexpected lessons, the beauty of relationship, and God's mysterious guiding hand.
Bestselling author and poet Calvin Miller turns his hand to the most moving story of all – his own. The reader is taken through a myriad of experiences of a young man coming of age in mid-20th century America. Following his life into college, seminary, a small local church and eventually to a new life as an author and professor, the memoir...
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Why do sports captivate people? They allow us to watch human beings achieve peak performance, but, beyond physical strength and skill, what's really impressive is an athlete's mental prowess -- their will to succeed, engagement with their environment, and self-confidence.
In Life as Sport, sport psychologist Dr. Jonathan Fader shares the skills that he teaches professional athletes--to enhance motivation, set productive goals, sharpen routines,...
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The #1 New York Times bestseller-now in a fresh new format, offering a new generation simple yet powerful wisdom. The Life's Little Instruction Book series has sold more than ten million copies, spent more than two years atop the New York Times bestseller list, and has been translated into 33 languages. Originally written from a father to a son, the book offers insights, simple suggestions, heartfelt humor, and reminders for readers of all ages. This...
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Adams Media
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2023
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Discover all the life hacks you've been missing with this perfect compendium of skills to answer all of life's most asked questions from BuzzFeed's popular lifestyle destination Tasty Home.
Need help unclogging a drain? Can't seem to keep a plant alive? Just want to finally know how to fold a fitted sheet? Let BuzzFeed's Tasty Home make your life a whole lot easier. With Tasty Home: Life Skills, you'll learn...
Need help unclogging a drain? Can't seem to keep a plant alive? Just want to finally know how to fold a fitted sheet? Let BuzzFeed's Tasty Home make your life a whole lot easier. With Tasty Home: Life Skills, you'll learn...
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"Life in the G details the G League experience and the relentless pursuit of the NBA dream through the lens of the Birmingham Squadron's first season"--
"The G League is the official minor league of the National Basketball Association. Life in the G is about the arduous quest to achieve an improbable goal: making it to the NBA. Zeroing in on the Birmingham Squadron and four of its players-Jared Harper, Joe Young, Zylan Cheatham, and Malcolm Hill-Alex...
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HarperCollins
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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography
A groundbreaking study of the first Black female novelist and her life as an enslaved woman, from the biographer who solved the mystery of her identity, with a forward by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
In 1857, a woman escaped enslavement on a North Carolina plantation
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"Shawnee chief Tecumseh was a brilliant orator who spent most of his life traveling around the country, convincing other Native Americans to form an alliance against the European colonizers. With his brother, who was known as the Prophet, Tecumseh formed a religious and political movement that gained steam until he was killed during the War of 1812. When he died, the resistance died with him. Historical photographs augment the accessible main text...
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"Geronimo - born Goyathlay - was a Chiricuaha Apache who fought for his people for more than 30 years. His determination to keep the Apache freely living in their ancestral homeland made him the last Native American to surrender to the United States government. Although he did not succeed in his aim of retaining his people's land, Geronimo was hailed as a hero by the Apache. Today, his bravery is remembered even by non-Natives. Historical black-and-white...
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Life is Strange volume 12
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For one fleeting moment, Max was together with her original Chloe again. Holding onto the memory tightly, Max pleaded to Chloe to wait for her… until she was woken in her new reality. The lucid dream put such a strong hold on Max that even urgent texts from Tristan hadn't stirred her.
Meanwhile, Rachel prepared for her upcoming Hamlet tour. Mulling over the death of her character, Ophelia, Rachel's mind was plagued with thoughts of the death of...
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In Life Lessons, Rita de Brún interviews some of Ireland's most interesting characters. From judges, politicians and diplomats, to poets, commentators and campaigners, the contributors to this book come from a wide range of backgrounds and inhabit all walks of life. Despite their differences, there are uniting forces. All are fired by a drive to be true to who they are and follow their passions. All have their own life lessons to impart... As individuals...
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We all live through challenges, and no one would know about them just by looking at us if we didn't tell them. In this book, you will read the story of a young woman, Rashon E. Forrest, who was born with a challenge that wasn't made known until she saw her first light in life, a challenge her parents knew nothing about. It would be 12 years into her life that she would accept that the challenge was there, not going anywhere, and she couldn't change...
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From the plains of rural America to a tropical Hawaiian paradise, Life Lost, Life Found is the saga of young, orphaned Kate, who makes a fatal judgment error that haunts her for the next twenty-?ve years, until life's twists and turns reveal the truth about what she lost, and eventually found. After a debilitating accident, Kate and her identity are held captive for nearly two decades, filling her life with fear and deception. When the truth is ?nally...
35) Life for a Life
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A brutal murder leads a Scottish DCI and his team to human traffickers and a terrifying killer in this crime novel by the author of Tooth for a Tooth.
When a young woman's half-frozen body is found on Fife's Coastal Path, buried in snow and with the remnants of a rope manacle around her wrist, DCI Gilchrist takes the case. But Gilchrist's investigation uncovers a bloody trail of shootings and executions that lead him to the heart of a human trafficking...
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Life Without Summer tells the story of Tessa, a mother who has just lost her four-year-old daughter in a hit-and-run accident and the grief counselor, Celia, who tries to help her to put her life back together. When their lives begin to intersect in powerful and unexpected ways, they discover that the answers one needs might be the other's only chance for peace. Each woman's intensely personal journey reverberates with universal themes about the connections...
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New York Times bestseller The life story of Chris Kyle, the American Sniper
Journalist Michael J. Mooney reveals the life story of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the American Sniper, from his Texas childhood up through his death in February 2013.
A brutal warrior but a gentle father and husband, Kyle led the life of an American hero and legend. His heroism and reputation in the military service earned him the nickname "the devil" among insurgents and the...
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"As an adult, I worked in finance. Amazingly, it proved to be an experience I never imagined someone like me would have. The people I worked with influenced me and opened my eyes to a world of possibilities despite my hindrances. I learned how to navigate a path to relative financial freedom from a place of meager living. But more importantly, I think I am beginning to finally understand what I was really meant for.
I believe that anyone can...
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Discover the Fountain of Youth in Your Blender
Imagine sipping your way to a healthier, more vibrant you. "Life in a Glass: Smoothie Secrets for Wellness and Longevity" is your comprehensive guide to transforming your daily routine and fortifying your health with the power of liquid nutrition. Let this book become the architect of your own rejuvenation, teaching you how to create delicious smoothies that are not only a delight to your taste buds...
40) Life&Limb
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Growing up a military brat and spending eight years overseas with the Army Medical Corps, clinical social worker, Willa Smith, has had enough of rules and regulations. Still able to work with veterans as she did at the VA Hospital, she is much happier at the new and far more relaxed South Avenue Shelter, until one of its residents is implicated in a murder.Former military turned security operative, Dimas Mazur, has worked for PASS security, his brother's...